ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday has announced the verdict in theAasia Bibi blasphemy case.
SC acquitted Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman condemned to death on blasphemycharges after accepting her 2015 appeal against her sentence.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, heading the three-memberbench comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam KhanMiankhel, read the 56-page verdict and announced the Lahore High Court(LHC) verdict was set aside and directed authorities to release Aasia Bibifrom prison.
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“The appeal is allowed. She has been acquitted. The judgement of the highcourt, as well as the trial court, is reversed. Her conviction is setaside,” Justice Khosa added a separate opinion in the verdict.
